This country is built upon principles which we have inherited from the British people--our love of liberty, our system of justice which is based upon the English common law, our language-these and many other things give us a strong feeling of kinship.
Harry Truman: “This country is built upon principles which we have inherited from the British people--our love of liberty, our system…”
On the recordNovember 1, 1951
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Remarks in Response to the Presentation by Princess Elizabeth of an Overmantel for the White House.
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